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WARDROBE BED.

No. 298,873. Patented May 20, 1884.

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W'ILLIAM H. MOCLURE, OF NElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JAMES L. PLIMPTON,OF SAME PLACE.

WARDROBE-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,873, dated May 20,1884.

Application filed April 23, 1583.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. McCLonE, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inXVardrobe-Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to folding beds, or bedsteads having hinged bedbottoms that shut up from the front, and with its parts organized sothat the bedstead, when closed, resembles a cabinet or wardrobe inappearance;

' and it more particularly refers to an improved said sides, asdescribed, and arranged so that when the said sides are closed in frontthey unite with the bed-bottom to secure a close front to the bedsteadand leave ventilating-openings in rear thereof; a combination, with thefold ing and sliding sides, of a base-piece and en. tablature, along thebacks of which said sides are free to slide, a stationary back piece,and

the hinged bed-bottom having an attached central panel-piece, whereby,accordingly as said sides are closed in front or in rear of the headpart of the bedstead, ventilating-opcnings are left in front or in rearof the structure; a special construction of the folding or sliding sideswith an intermediate section provided with a front projectingface-strip, a front section hinged to said intermediate section withinor under cover of the facestrip, and a back section hinged to or nearthe opposite edge of such intermediate section, for operation inconnection with the stationary or head part of the bedstead, and withthe bed-bottom hinged to said head part; also, various other details ofconstruction, including grooves or ways in the base-piece or entablatureof the bedstead for the folding and sliding sides and (Model.

overlapping face-strips on the opposite edges of the central panel-pieceof the hinged bedbottom for the forward sections of the hinged andfolding sides to pass within. All or most of these features are or maybe used in the improved bedstead hereinafter described; but separatelyconsidered they form no part of myinvention,which consists incombinations, with them or certain of them, of movable or rollingfulcrums for the folding bed-bottom, whereby the sides of thecabinet-bedstead may be reduced in width; also, in a specialconstruction of said movable fulcrums, in a combination of avertically-adj ustable caster ap plied to the head part of the bedsteadto adapt the bedstead to uneven floors or surfaces, and in spring boltsor fastenings applied to the folding and sliding sides of the bedstead,and catches or keepers applied to the base and entablature of thebedstead, for arresting said sides in their outward movement, and forlock-- ing and holding them in an upright position. Flexible connectionsare also applied to said fastenings, arranged both above and below, forsimultaneously releasing them when required, substantially ashereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a face view of my improved bedstead, mainly closedin front, but with one of the folding and sliding sides adjusted tooccupy a rear position. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same onthe line 00 x in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the bedstead withthe parts in the same position as in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 atop view of thebedstead closcd. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional elevations of the bedsteadon the line y y in Fig. 1, the same showing, respectively, the bedsteadwhen open and when closed. Fig. 7 is a vertical section upon an enlargedscale, on the line w w in Fig. 3, of the lower portion of the bedsteadin part; and Fig. 8, a vertical section, also upon an enlarged scale, onthe line .2 z in Fig. 3, of the upper portion of the bedstead in part.Figs. 9 and 10 are side views, upon an enlarged scale, of the interiorof a lower portion of one of the fixed sides in part, and exbottom ismade to work upon a rolling and movable fulcrum.

A in the drawings indicates the hollow basepiece of the bedstead, and Bits entablature or upper head-piece.

ing continued to and through the lower edge.

of said side piece. These slotted plates at on opposite sides of thebed-bottom provide for the engagement of said bottom with rolling ormovable toothed pivots or fulcrums bthat is,

one in the front lower portion of each fixed side 0 within a plate, I),countersunk in the inner surface of such side, and having teeth withwhich the rolling pivot or fulcrum Z) engages. These fulcrums have eacha tongue, 0, on their face, to provide for their engagement within theslots at of the plates at of the bedbottom E when the latter is fittedto its place. When the folding bed-bottom is lowered or extended, thetoothed rolling fulcrums I) roll or move in a forward direction alongthe toothed plates I), as shown in Fig. 5; but when said bed-bottom israised or closed the rolling fulcrums I) move in abackward directionalong the plate I), as shown in Fig. 6. This forward and backwardself-adjusting action of the bed-bottom E enables me to reduce the widthof the sides of the cabinet-bedstead and to give said bedstead a lighteror more tasty and elegant appearance.

dis the central panel-piece of the folding bed-bottom, arranged to lieunder the slats of said bottom when it is let down or extended, andconcealing or covering said slats for the greater portion of theirlength when the bedbottom is raised, thereby forming the central panelof the bedstead when closed.

(1 is a removable weight arranged within a box in the back end of thefolding bed-bottom to balance or hold said bottom in position whenclosed.

e is an opening left in the folding bed-bottom along or on each side ofthe front central panel, at.

f is the hinged'foot-board, and g the hinged leg-supports, flexiblyconnected at s s by strips or bars h with the base A, to provide forsaid leg-supports being extended into their supporting position when thebed-bottom is let down, and of being shut up when said bottom is raisedor closed.

G G G are the sections of which each of the folding and sliding sides ofthe bedstead are composed, and which, when adjusted as shown at theright hand of Figs. 1 and 2, and the.

folding bed-bottom is raised or closed, leave the openings 6 exposed forventilating the bed from the front, but which, when adjusted as shown atthe left hand of Figs. 1 and 2, assist in holding the bed-bottom in itsraised position by the section G entering within an over-- lappingstrip, r, along either side of the central panel-piece, d, and leaving aventilatingopening, 6, on each side of the central stationary backpiece, D, for ventilating the bed from the back. These folding andsliding sides are constructed and operate substantially as in the otherfolding bedstead to which I have hereinbefore referred, the same beingarranged to work outside of the fixed sides 0 O, and to slide withingrooves or ways m m in the upper edge of the back of the base A,andsimilar grooves onways in the lower edge of the back of the entablatureB; but to facilitate the sliding movement of these sides the'groovedportions m of the base A are fitted with rollers n for the sections G Gof the sliding sides to run upon, and the sections G are each fittedabove and below with vertically-adjustable rollers 0, for travel withinthe grooves m of the base A and entablature B. This secures a free andeasy action of the sides, the sections G G G of which are hinged to eachother, and constructed, as in the improved bedstead hereinbeforereferred to,to admit of the adjustments shown for them at the right andleft hands,respectively, of Fig. 2, the section G of either sideshutting or folding within the section G when it is required to open thefront of the bedstead, as shown at the left hand of Fig. 2. To close thebedstead in front by these folding and sliding sides, said sides aredrawn outward along the ways m m till arrested by suitable stops. Thestops in this improvement consist, in part, of bevel-nosed catches orkeepers I on the upper side of the back of the base A and under side ofthe back of the entablature B, and in part of upper and lowerspring-bolts, J, on the outer surface of the sections G of the foldingand sliding sides. The said upper and lower spring-bolts of each sectionG may be connected by a cord, 13, to providefor their beingsimultaneously disengaged from the catches or keepers I, by pullingoutward on said cord for the purpose, when it is required to open thebedstead in front, and to adjust the folding and sliding sides, as shownat the right hand of Fig. 2. In the reverse action or adjustment,however, of said sidesthat is, when said sides are drawn outward toclose the bedstead in front-the bolts J are shot by their springs intoengagement with the keepers or catches I, thus preventing said sidesfrom being drawn too far outward, and, furthermore, serving to keep thefolding and sliding sidesin an upright position, and preventing themfrom sliding back until the bolts are purposely released from thecatches, thereby serving a double purpose.

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so that the bedstead can be taken apart as easily as an ordinarybedstead and without the aid of a screw-driver or other tool.- Theentablature or upper'head-piece, B, it is proposed also to make readilydetachable from the fixed side pieces, 0 G, and adjustable back andforth to suit different levels and secure said entablature being broughtclose up against the wall by means of buttons b overlapping thebaseboard of the entablature, and pivoted to strips 0". These strips aremounted on the upper ends of the fixed sides 0, and secured to saidsides by screws d passing through slots (1 in the strips 0 to providefor the forward and backward adjustment of said strips to conform to theback or forward adjustment of the entablature.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent,.is-

1. In a cabinet-bedstead, the combination,

with the fixed head or stationary part and its sides, provided intheirlower portions with the recesses and toothed frames, of the rollingfulcrum-plates, provided with teeth and tongues, as described, and thefolding bed-bottom having its sides provided with oblique slots, saidfulcrum-plates engaging the toothed frames, andltheirfiongues engagingtheloblique slots, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cabinet-bedstead, the combination, with the base andentablature, of the sliding sides composed of hingedtogether sectionsprovided with rolls, and adapted to move or slide in grooves in theentablature and base, substantially as shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

3. In a cabinet-bedstead, the combination of the entablature and baseprovided with stops having double-inclined surfaces and central notches,of the sliding sides composed of hinged-together sections provided withrolls, and adapted to move in grooves in the entablature and base, andthe spring-bolts having operating-cords, substantially as shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM H. MOOLURE.

Witnesses:

O. SEDGWICK, Env. M. CLARK.

